zsh completion emits ANSI color codes when FORCE_COLOR=1 is set #2560
Description
When FORCE_COLOR=1 is set in the environment (common for users who want colored output from CLI tools), the zsh completion for task emits raw ANSI escape codes instead of clean task names.
Steps to reproduce
export FORCE_COLOR=1
task <Tab>Expected behavior
Clean completion list of task names
Actual behavior
Completion shows literal escape codes like $'\033'\[
Environment
- task version: 3.45.4
- Shell: zsh 5.9
- OS: macOS 14.x (Darwin)
Root cause
The __task_list() function in task --completion zsh runs task --list-all which respects FORCE_COLOR and emits colored output. The ANSI codes then leak into zsh's completion system.
Suggested fix
The completion script should either:
- Pass
--color=falsewhen calling task for completion, or - Wrap the call with
NO_COLOR=1/FORCE_COLOR=
Current workaround
Override __task_list() after compinit to use:
cmd=(env FORCE_COLOR= CLICOLOR_FORCE= NO_COLOR=1 task --color=false)
Activity
trulede commentedon Dec 8, 2025
@troykirin could you set envar
GO_TASK_COMPLETION_LIST_OPTIONtoGO_TASK_COMPLETION_LIST_OPTION=--color=false --list-alland see if that also works. That could be a better way to solve it.trulede commentedon Dec 16, 2025
@troykirin you will probably need to set the envar as suggested. However, there is also a small odd behaviour which PR #2584 would address.
GO_TASK_COMPLETION_LIST_OPTION=--color=false --list-all